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Further evidence that this isn't about being a progressive or a moderate. Its about being a fighter or a coward.
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Further evidence that this isn't about being a progressive or a moderate. Its about being a fighter or a coward.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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how did we get here.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
how did we get here.
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the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the president of the united states, for some reason apparently:
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It's the timeline where some guy who says he's an economist makes a fancy chart where there's an inflection point about 8 months out that says "AI singularity"
bro Apple sells the most popular technological device in history for a thousand bucks every year and they're pulling in around 400 billion
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
Amazon is responsible for like half of all commerce and makes 600 billion
in what kind of timespan is OpenAI supposed to make 1.5 trillion? the 21st century?
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's the timeline where some guy who says he's an economist makes a fancy chart where there's an inflection point about 8 months out that says "AI singularity"
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you can’t even get the Post on-side with this one, Donnie?
"Thirteen Italian pasta brands could pull their products from US grocery stores — or potentially be forced to hike prices dramatically as soon as January, when punishing 107% tariffs are set to take effect." nypost.com/2025/11/10/b...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
you can’t even get the Post on-side with this one, Donnie?
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Don’t worry, though, I’m sure the vote in December on the premium tax credits will go differently. (And definitely won’t jam anybody up in the short window they have to sign up for a plan.) bsky.app/profile/sahi...
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Don’t worry, though, I’m sure the vote in December on the premium tax credits will go differently. (And definitely won’t jam anybody up in the short window they have to sign up for a plan.) bsky.app/profile/sahi...
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If you have are lucky enough to have coverage then, yes, the patient protection parts of the ACA still exists. But the affordable parts, well. I refer you to the screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
If you have are lucky enough to have coverage then, yes, the patient protection parts of the ACA still exists. But the affordable parts, well. I refer you to the screenshot.
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Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
![(Screenshot shows monthly healthcare premiums going from $44.47 to $2619.83, among other cost increases)
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I didn't share the damn picture because I'm so upset!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
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one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
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The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence
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american health care is fundamentally based on insurance in one form or another and every time it gets tweaked a lot of people reveal that they do not understand or do not support the concept of insurance
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
american health care is fundamentally based on insurance in one form or another and every time it gets tweaked a lot of people reveal that they do not understand or do not support the concept of insurance
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"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
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So, an unexpected development, but I'm gonna be giving a talk tomorrow at SVP in Birmingham!!!!! I'll be speaking about palaeobotany in palaeoart, so hopefully it goes well despite being slightly rushed😅.
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So, an unexpected development, but I'm gonna be giving a talk tomorrow at SVP in Birmingham!!!!! I'll be speaking about palaeobotany in palaeoart, so hopefully it goes well despite being slightly rushed😅.
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
Anyway, if you're gonna be around for #SVP tomorrow, come say Hi!!! #paleoart #palaeobotany
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Claimants have to get the exact date and the location right! You do not have to give them even 50% credit if they only have one of those things.
![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Claimants have to get the exact date and the location right! You do not have to give them even 50% credit if they only have one of those things.
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
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All 8 Senators who voted to reopen the gov't with no promise to fund healthcare subsidies are on BlueSky
@senangusking.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us
@fetterman.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@senatorhassan.govpeeps.us
@shaheen.senate.gov
@rosen.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
@kaine.senate.gov
@sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us
@fetterman.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov
@senatorhassan.govpeeps.us
@shaheen.senate.gov
@rosen.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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You know how craven you have to be for Gavin Newsom to call you out
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
You know how craven you have to be for Gavin Newsom to call you out
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Basically: I think the political point scoring arguments right now are missing the point pretty seriously. We absolutely have to assert the constitutional order, and you cannot open the government if the other party refuses.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Basically: I think the political point scoring arguments right now are missing the point pretty seriously. We absolutely have to assert the constitutional order, and you cannot open the government if the other party refuses.
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The only thing I can say is that setting up to fund SNAP through '26 at least makes the argument in front of SCOTUS far more complicated for SCOTUS when Vought decides in February to not pay benefits and violate the aprops deal in the new shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The only thing I can say is that setting up to fund SNAP through '26 at least makes the argument in front of SCOTUS far more complicated for SCOTUS when Vought decides in February to not pay benefits and violate the aprops deal in the new shutdown.
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In the current situation: Nothing about this asserts any legislative prerogative in the slightest and allows DJT and Vought to keep doing wtf they want. The Deficiency act language on the RIF is close, but woefully insufficient.
You can't negotiate with terrorists, basically.
You can't negotiate with terrorists, basically.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In the current situation: Nothing about this asserts any legislative prerogative in the slightest and allows DJT and Vought to keep doing wtf they want. The Deficiency act language on the RIF is close, but woefully insufficient.
You can't negotiate with terrorists, basically.
You can't negotiate with terrorists, basically.
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So let me put it this way:
In a normal environment, this is not a bad deal. Political timebomb gets punted till after the holidays, travel comes back, chaos dies down and people can eat. Dems win an actual concession or two.
In a normal environment, this is not a bad deal. Political timebomb gets punted till after the holidays, travel comes back, chaos dies down and people can eat. Dems win an actual concession or two.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
So let me put it this way:
In a normal environment, this is not a bad deal. Political timebomb gets punted till after the holidays, travel comes back, chaos dies down and people can eat. Dems win an actual concession or two.
In a normal environment, this is not a bad deal. Political timebomb gets punted till after the holidays, travel comes back, chaos dies down and people can eat. Dems win an actual concession or two.
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Basically: I think that people who are like 'eh it's not a bad deal' are also not understanding the current stakes of what Trump and co. are doing, and the cost of not using every piece of leverage you have.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Basically: I think that people who are like 'eh it's not a bad deal' are also not understanding the current stakes of what Trump and co. are doing, and the cost of not using every piece of leverage you have.
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Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Omfg yo holy shit look at this shot. Taken 34 minutes ago. I got some decent video I'll edit once I get to a hotel after catching the milky way...so..3 hours? 🪶